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today president obama outlined the deficit reduction legislation he would sign into law. >> what you need is a package that keeps taxes where they are for middle class families, we make some stuff spending cuts on things that we don't need, and then we ask the wealthiest americans to pay a slightly higher tax rate. and that's a principle i won't compromise on because i'm not going to have a situation where the wealthiest among us, including folks like me, get to keep all our tax breaks and then we're asking students to pay higher student loans. >> krystal, the republicans are on the run here. the new reel that we get to run every night about the latest republicans saying this is absolutely hopeless is absolutely amazing. limbaugh is an amazing spot tonight saying that he doesn't think that there is any republican that can stop this. >> my favorite has been ann coulter. >> how do you win this if all the rates go up? >> i think they are exactly right. i mean, if you're going to have -- if you're going to get what you want if you're republicans, you have to be able to threaten something
today president obama outlined the deficit reduction legislation he would sign into law. >> what you need is a package that keeps taxes where they are for middle class families, we make some stuff spending cuts on things that we don't need, and then we ask the wealthiest americans to pay a slightly higher tax rate. and that's a principle i won't compromise on because i'm not going to have a situation where the wealthiest among us, including folks like me, get to keep all our tax breaks...
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tax cuts when they kicked us off our committees. i'm glad that enough of our colleagues refused to go back down thus preventing the conference from abandoning our leadership. >> tomorrow the house will pass legislation to make permanent tax relief for nearly every american. >> we are going to pass the permanent tax relief bill. >> joining me you now is luke russert. >> how did this happen? >> it is fascinating. >> i'll give you the rundown. he is announced his plan b on tuesday. >> it was met with scepticism among conservative members of the gop conference. we are going to make sure there will be no defense cuts. we are going to offer over $200 billion in spending cuts for you to vote for this deal. this deal would have raised taxes for those making $1 million or above. it would have cut meals on wheels in order to pay down the deficit as well as make sure that the defense cuts would not go into effect and all of that was not good enough for the house republican conference tonight. it is really quite extraordinary when you think of
tax cuts when they kicked us off our committees. i'm glad that enough of our colleagues refused to go back down thus preventing the conference from abandoning our leadership. >> tomorrow the house will pass legislation to make permanent tax relief for nearly every american. >> we are going to pass the permanent tax relief bill. >> joining me you now is luke russert. >> how did this happen? >> it is fascinating. >> i'll give you the rundown. he is announced...
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president obama has cut his hawaii vacation short and is on his way back to washington. the democratic senate will be in session tomorrow but the republicans are staying home. the republican aides tell nbc news that the house will not be in for business tomorrow. they released the statement calling on the senate to act first. senate majority leader harry reid quickly responded with a statement of his own. how else republicans pushed middle class families closer to the cliff by wasting an entire week with their incompetent plan b stunt. it is time for house republicans to put middle class families first by passing the senate's bill to protect 98% of americans from a tax hike on january 1st. the senate bill could pass tomorrow if house republicans would simply let it come to the floor. despite the impasse in washington, a new gallup poll shows 50% of people still believe it is likely that president obama and republicans will reach an agreement before we go over the curb on january 1st. among the believers is conservative weekly standard editor bill crystal. >> i think what
president obama has cut his hawaii vacation short and is on his way back to washington. the democratic senate will be in session tomorrow but the republicans are staying home. the republican aides tell nbc news that the house will not be in for business tomorrow. they released the statement calling on the senate to act first. senate majority leader harry reid quickly responded with a statement of his own. how else republicans pushed middle class families closer to the cliff by wasting an entire...
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but obama can't seem to get boehner to say yes, i claim victory on this one. and it is remarkable that that is the second time he offered cuts to social security benefits, and boehner is not willing to accept it. >> what are the white house's terms once you hit january one. and will all the same stuff be on the table? or will the president simply demand a fix in the tax rates as a starting point, pass the bill that fixes the tax rates first, then you can come up here and talk about the other stuff. >> it is a great point. and you know one of the understated aspects of this whole negotiation process is how much unemployment insurance, the payroll tax cut, and infrastructure spending has kept the white house at the table. the administration wants those three things. now they have gone away from the payroll tax code a little bit. but they want the economic stimulus, they know there is an advantage to it. once they're done, once you pass the cliff how much are they going to fight for them? obviously there was a point in the president including in his pare down tod
but obama can't seem to get boehner to say yes, i claim victory on this one. and it is remarkable that that is the second time he offered cuts to social security benefits, and boehner is not willing to accept it. >> what are the white house's terms once you hit january one. and will all the same stuff be on the table? or will the president simply demand a fix in the tax rates as a starting point, pass the bill that fixes the tax rates first, then you can come up here and talk about the...
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the republican plan would raise tax revenue by not extending the current obama cut in payroll taxes. but the republican plan still refuses to raise the top income tax rates. yesterday, treasury secretary tim geithner made it clear that there can be no deal without higher top tax rates. >> last question, can you promise that we will not go over the cliff? >> no, i can't promise that. that's a decision that lies in the hands of the republicans that are now opposing increases in tax rates. if they recognize the reality that we can't afford to extend those tax rates, then we have a basis for the agreement and that's going to be the responsible thing to do and my judgment is they are going to do it. >> joining me now, ezra klein, huffington post, ryan grim. ezra, what do you make of the boehner proposal that was kind of cribbed from erskine bowles? >> two things. one, republicans are terrified about by the polls showing that they are going to immediately get blamed if they are not willing to compromise. the reason you initiate the bowles' plan is you say, look, they are going along with t
the republican plan would raise tax revenue by not extending the current obama cut in payroll taxes. but the republican plan still refuses to raise the top income tax rates. yesterday, treasury secretary tim geithner made it clear that there can be no deal without higher top tax rates. >> last question, can you promise that we will not go over the cliff? >> no, i can't promise that. that's a decision that lies in the hands of the republicans that are now opposing increases in tax...
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and later, is president obama really considering a cut in social security benefits? and in the rewrite tonight, what would ronald reagan do? specifically, what would reagan do about the bill senator diane feinstein plans to introduce banning assault weapons? the answer will surprise today's republicans who claim to worship ronald reagan, and know almost nothing about him. a hybrid? most are just no fun to drive. now, here's one that will make you feel alive. meet the five-passenger ford c-max hybrid. c-max says ha. c-max says wheeee. which is what you get, don't you see? cause c-max has lots more horsepower than prius v, a hybrid that c-max also bests in mpg. say hi to the all-new 47 combined mpg c-max hybrid. . >>> wayne lapierre and the blood-drenched lobbyists at the nra hate joe biden. they just hate him. because 20 years ago when he was chairman of the senate committee, joe biden helped push gun control legislation through the senate. what the nra never mentions is that that gun control legislation was supported by nra member and former president, ronald reagan.
and later, is president obama really considering a cut in social security benefits? and in the rewrite tonight, what would ronald reagan do? specifically, what would reagan do about the bill senator diane feinstein plans to introduce banning assault weapons? the answer will surprise today's republicans who claim to worship ronald reagan, and know almost nothing about him. a hybrid? most are just no fun to drive. now, here's one that will make you feel alive. meet the five-passenger ford c-max...
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because it is a tax cut. on cnbc, former budget director peter orzog walked us off the cliff on the eve of the second obama term. >> the most likely scenario is we go over the cliff and there's a deal that's cut in early january in which you combine a more progressive tax cut than what would have just expired with some entitlement reform. >> do you think he gives in to republicans when it comes to taxes on the well think or not? >> no, i don't think so. that's why i don't think you have a deal with the end of this year. i think you go over the fiscal cleave, everything expires and the administration comes back with some sort of universal tax cut that is universal, it app applies to everyone. no class warfare there. but it's a lot more progressive and kind of even across the income distribution than the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts. >> as for the fears that going off the cliff on new year's eve would result in economic disaster, the former budget director explained as we have on this program, that there is a big dif
because it is a tax cut. on cnbc, former budget director peter orzog walked us off the cliff on the eve of the second obama term. >> the most likely scenario is we go over the cliff and there's a deal that's cut in early january in which you combine a more progressive tax cut than what would have just expired with some entitlement reform. >> do you think he gives in to republicans when it comes to taxes on the well think or not? >> no, i don't think so. that's why i don't...
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and later, is president obama really considering a cut in social security benefits? and in the rewrite tonight, what would ronald reagan do? specifically, what would reagan do about the bill senator diane feinstein plans to introduce banning assault weapons? the answer will surprise today's republicans who claim to worship ronald reagan, and know almost nothing about him. you know how painful heartburn can be. for fast, long lasting relief, use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon® forms a protective barrier that helps block stomach acid from splashing up- relieving the pain quickly. try fast, long lasting gaviscon®. by showing you the apartment building where the fire was. when things like this happen, i think you find a new perspective on life. red cross put us in a hotel so we were able to stay together. we're strong and if we overcame that or if we can overcome that... we can overcome anything. [ sniffles ] ♪ i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white li
and later, is president obama really considering a cut in social security benefits? and in the rewrite tonight, what would ronald reagan do? specifically, what would reagan do about the bill senator diane feinstein plans to introduce banning assault weapons? the answer will surprise today's republicans who claim to worship ronald reagan, and know almost nothing about him. you know how painful heartburn can be. for fast, long lasting relief, use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon®...
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. >> president obama will stand by the middle class. >> mitt romney is not the champion in the middle class. >> he says if you want to cut firefighters and teachers. >> that's a very strange accusation. >> are we even fair, or was that walkback? >> the federal government doesn't pay for teachers, firefighters, or policemen. >> does that mean that there will be fewer teachers? yes. >> obviously, that's completely absurd. the president is really out of touch. >> does mitt romney have a transparency problem? >> this is an unusual interview. all right. let's do it again. >> the least transparent president in a generation. >> the least transparent president in a generation. >> we're also going to be holding mitt romney accountable for his record. >> number 47 in job growth. >> a little history. >> ranks firstin debt. >> i was a severely conservative republican governor. >> the same bad ideas that brought our economy to the brink of disaster. >> all right, let's do it again. >> 47th place in my neighborhood is still 47th place. >> the president is really out of touch with what's happening a
. >> president obama will stand by the middle class. >> mitt romney is not the champion in the middle class. >> he says if you want to cut firefighters and teachers. >> that's a very strange accusation. >> are we even fair, or was that walkback? >> the federal government doesn't pay for teachers, firefighters, or policemen. >> does that mean that there will be fewer teachers? yes. >> obviously, that's completely absurd. the president is really out...
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, bill crystal, essentially tell republicans to say, listen, that they should accept this deal from obama, the higher tax rates on the rich of course that was something that was backed up by 60% to 70% of people who voted, some of whom were republican said yes, let's take that deal. so i think you're right. they're looking at all of these issues been i think there will be something of a meeting of the minds overs next two months and then there will probably be a sense that later on some of these bigger issues will also be taken up. >> thank you both for joining me tonight. >> thank you. >> coming up, penn is here, as you may have noticed. as his new explains, he has been the subject of a black male scheme, which provoked an fbi investigation, which makes him the perfect analyst for the petraeus affair. and john mccain and his bff lindsay graham want to keep scott brown in the senate so badly this they are willing to said anything, tell any lie about unn ambassador susan rice. that's coming up. there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. a
, bill crystal, essentially tell republicans to say, listen, that they should accept this deal from obama, the higher tax rates on the rich of course that was something that was backed up by 60% to 70% of people who voted, some of whom were republican said yes, let's take that deal. so i think you're right. they're looking at all of these issues been i think there will be something of a meeting of the minds overs next two months and then there will probably be a sense that later on some of...
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little more. >> i'm barack obama and i approve this message because to cut the deficit, we need everyone to pay their fair share. >> joining me now, msnbc's joy reid and ari melber. joy, just to set the table for the audience about what the kissing's all about. >> yeah. >> it's that the press has felt shut out. in fact, greta van susteren, no enemy of romney's, wrote on her blog yesterday, "there has been no press access to governor romney since we landed in poland. we are in a holding pattern. i can't help but feel a bit like the press is a modified petting zoo since we are trapped in a bus while polish citizens take pictures of us." so the press, as it will, in these situations, starts to yell the questions when the guy's walking by. and the traveling press secretary thought he'd turn that into a romantic opportunity of sorts. >> absolutely. >> and demand a kiss. >> how dare the press demand to ask questions of the presidential candidate? how dare they? you know, i think, lawrence, we are starting to see what a sense of entitlement looks like in realtime. what i'm starting to get from
little more. >> i'm barack obama and i approve this message because to cut the deficit, we need everyone to pay their fair share. >> joining me now, msnbc's joy reid and ari melber. joy, just to set the table for the audience about what the kissing's all about. >> yeah. >> it's that the press has felt shut out. in fact, greta van susteren, no enemy of romney's, wrote on her blog yesterday, "there has been no press access to governor romney since we landed in poland....
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here's president obama in april of 2011. >> there's nothing serious or courageous about this plan. there's nothing serious about a plan that claims to reduce the deficit by spending a trillion dollars on tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires. i don't think there's anything courageous about asking for sacrifice for those who don't have clout on capitol hill. that's not a vision of the america i know. >> and here's the president in april of this year five days after the house republicans passed the ryan budget 2.0. >> this isn't a budget supported by some small dprup in the republican party. this is now the party's governing platform. this is what they are running on. it's a trojan horse. disguised as deficit reduction plans. it's really an attempt to impose a radical vision on our country. it's thinly failed social darwinism. it's to our entire history as a land of opportunity and upward mobility. >> joining me now are karen finney, former communications director and an msnbc political analyst. karen, if folks want to make a deal on the hill, why is paul ryan even haunting the
here's president obama in april of 2011. >> there's nothing serious or courageous about this plan. there's nothing serious about a plan that claims to reduce the deficit by spending a trillion dollars on tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires. i don't think there's anything courageous about asking for sacrifice for those who don't have clout on capitol hill. that's not a vision of the america i know. >> and here's the president in april of this year five days after the house...
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today talking about smflt other things, the spending cuts that are involved and what they're dealing with here. >> i think there's a recognition that maybe they can accept some rate increases as long as it's combined with serious entitlement reform and additional spending cuts. if we can get the leadership on the republican side to take that framework, to acknowledge that reality, then the numbers actually aren't that far apart. another way of putting this is, we can probably solve this in about a week. it's not that tough. >> chris, there's the president saying he's ready to do serious entitlement reform and additional spending cuts, and no one seems to be noticing that. >> yeah. you know, i just talked about that. >> entitlement reform is medicare, medicaid and social security. >> that phrase, you would agree, right, the word "entitlement" has bizarre see mantic resonance to it. like you're whiningç and entitled, social insurance. >> it was an honorable entitlement, but meaning i paid into social security for 30 years. i am entitled to my contributions coming back to me. >> it ha
today talking about smflt other things, the spending cuts that are involved and what they're dealing with here. >> i think there's a recognition that maybe they can accept some rate increases as long as it's combined with serious entitlement reform and additional spending cuts. if we can get the leadership on the republican side to take that framework, to acknowledge that reality, then the numbers actually aren't that far apart. another way of putting this is, we can probably solve this...
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tax cuts for the rich they will own. somebody needs to explain to me what is the benefit to obama in letting the republicans out of the trap of going over the cliff? i think going over the cliff is the most attractive option obama has. >> crystal, you can learn it from rush limbaugh on 12-12-12 or you could have learned it from me this summer. >> i learned it from you this summer. >> there you go. he is finally catching on. he finally gets it. >> it pains me a little bit to say this but rush is right. if republicans were smart. >> this is the rush is right night. >> that's the theme of the night. >> i'm not going to show any more rush. he has three hours of radio today. that thing that we just showed is the rush is right moment. >> if they were smart, they would go ahead and do that. take it off the table and live to fight another day. i do think they are a little bit delusional about the am of leverage that they will have around the debt ceiling as well. holding the debt ceiling hostage is extremely unpopular, as is tak
tax cuts for the rich they will own. somebody needs to explain to me what is the benefit to obama in letting the republicans out of the trap of going over the cliff? i think going over the cliff is the most attractive option obama has. >> crystal, you can learn it from rush limbaugh on 12-12-12 or you could have learned it from me this summer. >> i learned it from you this summer. >> there you go. he is finally catching on. he finally gets it. >> it pains me a little bit...
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they are now afraid of the politics of spending cuts that they've been pushing for so long. >> well, it's a ridiculous idea to go from 65 to 67. first of all, you don't save that much money. second of all, the obama health care bill is very weak on taking care of seniors, because they can charge three times as much for seniors as they can for younger people. so that just gives seniors two more years to pay three times as much as younger people if they have to go to private insurance. third, medicare is the only universal program we have, and it's got the lowest administrative costs of any program we have in health care. so this is a really foolish idea. and i hope it disappears. i am not against doing some cost control on medicare. but you don't have to cut entitlements. what you do have to do is pay by the patient, not by the procedure. as we know, there are so many people when they get to 59, 61, 62, who are just desperately waiting for that medicare eligibility moment, because costs have gotten completely out of control, and i have known plenty of people who go insuranceless for a
they are now afraid of the politics of spending cuts that they've been pushing for so long. >> well, it's a ridiculous idea to go from 65 to 67. first of all, you don't save that much money. second of all, the obama health care bill is very weak on taking care of seniors, because they can charge three times as much for seniors as they can for younger people. so that just gives seniors two more years to pay three times as much as younger people if they have to go to private insurance....
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the tax cut proposal itself is likely to go nowhere, but throw in romney's tax cuts for the wealthy, his homes, cadillacs, corporations or people comment and you can see the strategy. romney is for the rich, obama defends the middle class. may determine who wins in november. also, dirty, angry money. lost in the news about republican fund-raiser is how much it might affect house and senate races. karl rove's has just dumped a million dollars to unseat ohio's sherrod brown, which would likely give the republicans the senate. sherrod brown joins us tonight. plus, we've got new poll numbers out from key swing states that he's going to win in november. happened when the mayor of one city wanted to raise taxes an the city council said no. the mayor busted employees -- how he defends that one.
the tax cut proposal itself is likely to go nowhere, but throw in romney's tax cuts for the wealthy, his homes, cadillacs, corporations or people comment and you can see the strategy. romney is for the rich, obama defends the middle class. may determine who wins in november. also, dirty, angry money. lost in the news about republican fund-raiser is how much it might affect house and senate races. karl rove's has just dumped a million dollars to unseat ohio's sherrod brown, which would likely...
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the president's plan cuts medicare -- excuse me. well, let's see. i've got to -- there we go, by $716 billion. >> despite mitt romney's best efforts at the whiteboard, the nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows president obama with a 16-point advantage on medicare. when asked whose plan for medicare do you agree with, 50% said president obama's, 34% said mitt romney's. and "new york times" today exposed romney's medicare law nightly in this headline. "patients would pay more if romney restores medicare savings, analysts say." the times correctly referred to the $716 billion as medicare savings, not medicare cuts. one economist quoted in "the times" piece called romney's pledge to restore the savings both puzzling and bogus, while harvard health expert john mcdonough said this. "there are only two explanations, either they don't understand how the program works, which is hard to imagine, or there is some deliberate misrepresentation here, because they know how politically potent this charge is." well, actually, both things are possible. they canno
the president's plan cuts medicare -- excuse me. well, let's see. i've got to -- there we go, by $716 billion. >> despite mitt romney's best efforts at the whiteboard, the nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows president obama with a 16-point advantage on medicare. when asked whose plan for medicare do you agree with, 50% said president obama's, 34% said mitt romney's. and "new york times" today exposed romney's medicare law nightly in this headline. "patients...
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we have president obama with a 49 positive rating and a 43 negative. that's his highest negative so far. mitt romney a 35 positive and a 40 negative. >> ouch. >> that is a net negative. chris cillizza, the republicans have never had a nominee that has had a net negative rating like this. that means bob dole's rating was better than this, john mccain's rating was better than this. here's mitt romney with a rating that we've literally -- we've never seen this in our politics before. >> lawrence, and i would also add, it's not new. romney, since becoming the nominee, even before becoming the nominee, has struggled with the fact that his unfavorable ratings were higher than his favorable ratings. i would point at that poll, though, both of them with unfavorable ratings in the 40s. look, people always say, this campaign, these negative ads, they don't work. they do, in fact work. you can see it by those numbers. 43% of the public views the president of the united states unfavorably. 40% views mitt romney unfavorably. negative ads do work. what we have seen
we have president obama with a 49 positive rating and a 43 negative. that's his highest negative so far. mitt romney a 35 positive and a 40 negative. >> ouch. >> that is a net negative. chris cillizza, the republicans have never had a nominee that has had a net negative rating like this. that means bob dole's rating was better than this, john mccain's rating was better than this. here's mitt romney with a rating that we've literally -- we've never seen this in our politics before....